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Pam Fichter
President, MRL

Missouri sued over limits on health reform advice
Missouri Legislators continue to address Obamacare's wide reaching anti-life provisions and the attached lawsuit by Planned Parenthood and others is just another example of how they want no boundaries and no accountability for those Navigators that will have access to all of your personal information. Planned Parenthood's involvement in this lawsuit shows that Planned Parenthood stands to profit from Navigators working to promote abortion for them....read more.

MO legislator hopes Hobby Lobby case bodes well for his challenge to contraceptive coverage
Missouri Rep. Paul Wieland and his lawyer see nothing but good news in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear Hobby Lobby's challenge to the Affordable Care Act's mandate that all insurance policies cover contraceptives as of Jan. 1...read more.

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Hobby Lobby Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a landmark case addressing the Constitutionally guaranteed rights of business owners to operate their family companies without violating their deeply held religious convictions...read more.

Obamacare Rationing
As the mainstream media is now commonly reporting, and as NRL News Today has repeatedly documented, individuals whose health insurance policies are being terminated against their will are finding that the replacement policies available in the state and federal "exchanges" typically severely restrict the doctors and health care facilities in their plan networks, omitting many specialists and highly rated health care centers...read more.

Abortions Down 3% in States That Report Abortion Numbers
Abortion numbers are continuing to decline, according to the latest figures from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), which found that 765,651 abortions were committed in the U.S. states that report abortion numbers in 2010. This number is down three percent from 2009, which was in turn down five percent from 2008...read more.

Pope Francis: Abortion 'cries out in vengeance to God'
In a high level teaching document released this morning, Pope Francis has firmly responded to those who have expressed hope that the Catholic Church may one day change its teachings on abortion, writing, "the Church cannot be expected to change her position on this question."...read more.

Pro-life laws and clinic closures lowered abortion rate
More babies are alive today thanks to state laws restricting abortion and the closure of abortion facilities, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...read more.

Study finds increased risk of breast cancer after abortion in Chinese women
A new systematic review and meta-analysis of abortion and breast cancer (ABC link) in China, published last week in the prestigious, peer-reviewed international cancer journal, "Cancer Causes and Control," showed that the overall risk of developing breast cancer among women who had at least one induced abortion was significantly increased by 44%...read more.

Sky-high abortion rate among blacks, minorities only getting worse
Pro-life activists have long pointed to disproportionately high abortion rates of abortion in minority communities as evidence that abortion providers are targeting minorities for abortion services...read more.

Live Action busted Indy Planned Parenthood for covering up statutory rape in 2008
A newly released report that found Indiana abortionists are not complying with a state law designed to catch pedophiles:

#2: Sexual Abuse of 13-Year-Old is No Problem to Indianapolis Planned Parenthood

Pro-Life Around the State

Sunday, December 8, National Night of Prayer for Life: Click here for a list of participating churches in the St. Louis area. It will also be held at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Holts Summit, MO from 7pm to 11pm.

Jan. 21-23 - Statewide, Bus Trip to the March for Life in Washington. See details on our website: www.MissouriLife.org.